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A tour through crime syndicates, secret societies, and hidden networks.

For centuries, ships' commanders kept journals that recorded their missions. These included voyages of discovery to unknown lands, engagements in war and sea and general trade. Many of their logs, diaries and letters were lodged at The National Archives and give a vivid picture of the situations that they encountered. Entries range from Captain James Cook's notes of his discovery of the South Pacific and Australia, to logs of the great naval battles, such as Waterloo and Trafalgar.

Venturing into the unknown — from ancient ruins to modern frontiers.

How legends are made — and how they shape the world after they’re gone.

Explanations that connect the dots between what happens and why.

The designs, tech, and minds building the world to come.

The habits and hacks of high-achievers who refuse to settle.

Master the small changes that lead to extraordinary results.

Crack the code to building, keeping, and multiplying your fortune.

What’s real, what’s not — and how reality is constantly being rewritten.

Where cutting-edge science meets the curiosity that breaks all the rules.

Behind every throne, deal, and dynasty — the art of power in motion.

The mindset, tactics, and stories behind unstoppable success.

A no-fluff guide to how money works — and how to make it work for you.

Sharp insights and timeless truths from history and today.

Conversations on the forces driving work, wealth, and wages.

The stories behind the stories, and about the journalists who lived them.

The juiciest scandals — exposed, explained, and unraveled.

Appealing to a range of audiences, it covers more than 650 years of momentous history through the use of both famous and lesser known events which shaped Britain. Using original documents and detailed research undertaken by The National Archives' record specialists, it will cover moments in history which led to fundamental changes in eras. It will also include unique discoveries from these archives, uncovering mysteries and stories of how dealing with treason have brought about the changes which have influenced and shaped Britain throughout the centuries.

Letters, postcards, notes and telegraphs from the great and the good, the notorious and the downright wicked, shine a spotlight on a range of historical events and movements providing an immediate link to the immediate and much more distant past. This audiobook includes letters from: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lucien Freud, Barbara Hepworth, Nelson Mandela, Caitlin Thomas, Mary Whitehouse, Gandhi, George Washington among many others.